U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a bipartisan meeting on cancer legislation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 3, 2021. Alex Brandon | Pool | Reuters President Joe Biden on Sunday signed an executive order aimed at helping to ensure all Americans have the right […]
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Sen. Joe Manchin open to party-line vote on future bills with voting rights legislation now in focus
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WVA) removes his mask to speak as bipartisan members of the Senate and House gather to announce a framework for fresh coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief legislation at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 1, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate […]
Buffett cut Apple, Baron trimmed Tesla: Billionaire market lessons on tech and growth stock selling
If a stock pundit had said at the beginning of 2021 it was time to get out of Tesla and into Exxon Mobil, many investors might have sought another source of market advice. But to an unemotional stock trader, that may have seemed like the right move after growth stocks’ […]
U.S. will defend troops and interests after rocket attack in Iraq, Defense Secretary says
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to Defense Department personnel during a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, February 10, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned those responsible for carrying out last week’s rocket attack against an […]
Two more women accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate conduct
Two more women have come forward to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate conduct, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. A former press aide, Karen Hinton, told the Post that Cuomo invited her to his dimly lit hotel room after a work […]
New stimulus proposals look like a guaranteed income experiment. Early results show whether it will work
New York City housing advocates and tenants march to demand Gov. Andrew Cuomo cancel rent amid the pandemic on Oct. 10, 2020. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images The new federal coronavirus relief bill that’s poised to be approved on Capitol Hill could put unprecedented sums of money […]
Chinese foreign minister takes firm tone, calls for ‘non-interference’ between China and the U.S.
The flags of China, U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China, May 10, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday that the U.S. needs to remove “unreasonable restrictions” […]
Jack Dorsey is offering to sell the first tweet as an NFT and the highest bid is $2.5 million
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey gestures while interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Jack Dorsey appears to be offering to sell the very first tweet as a non-fungible token, or NFT. […]
Op-ed: Biden and Xi are offering dueling worldviews — the winner will shape the global future
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. Lintao Zhang | Reuters Who is going to organize the world? And what forces and whose interests will shape the global future? Those were the […]
Biden says people will start getting stimulus checks this month as soon as House passes Covid relief bill
President Joe Biden speaks to the press before a meeting in the Oval Office with lawmakers in the White House March 3, 2021, in Washington, DC to discuss cancer legislation. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden said Saturday that Americans will start getting their stimulus checks […]